Donna Air, model and eco-fashion ambassador, chose People Tree’s Orla Kiely prom dress to launch ethical fashion showcase event ‘EcoLuxe’.
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People Tree struts down the catwalk for the Red Light Campaign’s “Traffik-Stopping Vintage” fashion show
People Tree supported the Red Light Campaign’s (www.redlightcampaign.org) Vintage and Ethical fashion show that took place on 30th November, Avalon, Shoreditch, to raise awareness of human trafficking; by donating some of our favourite dresses to be sold at a silent auction on the night.
Zakee Shariff designs unique collection for People Tree
London-based artist and designer Zakee Shariff has joined forces with leading Fair Trade fashion pioneer People Tree, to design a new collection of easy-to-wear jersey pieces with unique bold prints.
Laura Bailey’s Top Picks
Model, writer and contributing editor to British Vogue, Laura Bailey, browsed the People Tree Collection and chose her favourite pieces…
Simple Things Make You So Happy
My son invited me to his digs at his new university – He’s studying to be an engineer at UCL. I thought I’d only get a peak at his room and take him out to dinner, but he made us dinner in his shared kitchen-dining room and sat himself at the head of the table! Then we started talking about relationships to the giggles of his friends sharing the kitchen and cooking, “I’d never talked to my parents about that!”. Such a lovely evening!
On Sunday morning we went walking on Epsom Common just outside London – after six days a week working in urban London, I was gasping for fresh air and light. The kind that penetrates every living thing and exercises your mind and spirit. At 9am, the frost covered everything from the hundreds of cobwebs to each twig and blade of grass.
Safia Minney talks about recycling, green choices and her new book
Ferne Arfin, editor of energyrethinking, interviews People Tree founder Safia Minney about her new book.
Gorgeous inside and out
I caught up with Dean Newcombe who is a sweet English chap from Nottingham who’s living in Japan. He switches from volunteering in Ishinomaki in Tohoku to modeling in Tokyo.
We’re kind of motivated by the same thing, humanitarian issues, so it was great to meet Dean who will model for People Tree’s next collection and maybe do a film with us – watch this space!
Dean has been a permanent fixture in Japan after his first modeling assignment there, he heard about the horrific tsunami and jumped on a plane to come and help. He was told by relations not to come – it was dangerous, ‘what would he do with his, at that time, limited Japanese language skills?’ they asked. He said as he was strong and could move stuff and that’s exactly what he did. This man has moved buildings worth of oily sludge, clearing out the foundations of houses covered by the Tsunami, so they can be rebuilt. He’s also coordinated hundreds of volunteers both Japanese and foreigners.
We’re so looking forward to working with Dean! Read his blog – ‘Intrepid model adventures’
Naked Fashion – the new sustainable fashion revolution
by Safia Minney, with Emma Watson, Vivienne Westwood, Orla Kiely and many more…
Update from London
For those of you not based in London or one of the UK cities that were affected you will have seen the events of the last week on TV and in the papers. It’s been a challenging time but things have started to calm down and we are all very much hoping for peaceful weeks ahead. At People Tree we were very lucky and largely uneffected but thousands across London were and it was shocking to see peoples homes, community centres and businesses – often family run and sometimes decades old reduced to nothing in an evening.
Despite all of the shocking images though there have also been remarkable, uplifting stories from local communities rallying together to protect their livilihoods and help clear up. You might have seen the below picture as it’s been widely used across the web, but for me it really demonstrates the willingness and resourcefulness of people to make a situation better and look out for each other. Well done London!
I’ve also been really excited about the ‘Save our Shops’ chat. We should be supporting local shops and especially the ones that are struggling after looting and vandalism!
Andrew Bayles' Broom Army
